On the go breakfast

Starting tomorrow, Lovebug has 2 weeks of swimming lessons first thing in the morning, followed by a week of Science Camp in the mornings.  That means we will not be sitting down at the table for a leisurely breakfast for quite some time, so we needed something we could “grab & go”.

It couldn’t be just any food though.  It needs to be healthy and packed full of nutrients so that she can get through the morning with enough energy and is able to focus. 

Today I made “Egg Cupcakes”, and “Apple Muffins”, and I made a ton of them so I can throw them in the freezer and just pop a couple out each day.  One of each, and a side of grapes or apple slices will make a perfect breakfast that can be eaten easily in the car if needed.

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The Egg Cupcakes have eggs, chopped ham, zucchini, red bell pepper, spinach and seasonings.  Lovebug will eat almost anything, but she doesn’t like zucchini or red bell pepper.  However, thanks to my food processor, she can’t even taste it in there – as evidenced by the fact that she ate 3 of them tonight fresh out of the oven!

The Apple Muffins have apples (of course), banana, grated carrots, & raisins.  They are also GFCF, and made with almond meal instead of flour.  Delicious!!

These also make great snacks, or a quick lunch too!

What is your favorite “on the run” breakfast?

Almond Butter in the Vitamix

I love my Vitamix!! It was a generous gift from my parents 3 years ago, and I bet not 10 days have gone by that we haven’t used it.  It is the BEST gift they’ve ever given us!

I love almond butter, but it’s so expensive.  Not with the Vitamix!  I buy almonds in bulk at Sam’s and got 3 pounds for under $9.00. 

Then, I pour about 3 cups at a time into the Vitamix, crank that baby on high and in a matter of minutes, I have fresh, creamy almond butter at a fraction of the price I would pay for the pre-jarred stuff.  If you are trying this, it doesn’t just grind them all up by itself – you have to use the tamper for this and keep pushing the nuts down into the blades.  That’s another thing I love about the Vitamix – the tamper will NOT reach the blades, so no getting plastic pieces in your food.  Not that I ever had that happen with a regular blender…nope, not me :)

Lovebug loves to help me make it, and I have so much fun with my favorite sous chef in the kitchen!

The blender looks dirty because I had just made a batch of macadamia nut butter and didn’t rinse it out.  I didn’t really care if they mixed a tiny bit.

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Taste testing!

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Final products: Almond Butter and Macadamia Nut Butter!  The macadamia nut butter is much more runny, but is better after sitting in the fridge for a couple days.  It is super runny coming out of the blender because it gets so warm.  It’s oh so tasty though!

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